# 1999 Amsterdam Admirals season

The 1999 Amsterdam Admirals season was the fifth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill in his fifth year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

## Offseason
### NFL Europe League draft

1999 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 4 | Shane Doyle | DE | Washington State |
| 2 | 10 | Clyde Johnson | CB | Kansas State |
| 3 | 15 | Jim Mills | T | Idaho |
| 4 | 22 | Cory Geason | TE | Tulane |
| 5 | 27 | Troy Bailey | DT | Oregon |
| 6 | 34 | Chris Wing | LB | Boise State |
| 7 | 39 | Derrick LeVake | T | Wisconsin–Whitewater |
| 8 | 46 | Rashee Johnson | CB | Arizona |
| 9 | 51 | Eric Anderson | T | Nebraska |
| 10 | 58 | Marcel Willis | LB | Ohio State |
| 11 | 63 | Ben Fricke | C | Houston |
| 12 | 70 | Clifford Green | CB | Tennessee State |
| 13 | 75 | Abu Wilson | RB | Utah State |
| 14 | 82 | John Fisher | S | Missouri Western State |
| 15 | 87 | LeShun Daniels | G | Ohio State |
| 16 | 94 | Tyrone Brown | WR | Toledo |
| 17 | 99 | James Kidd | WR | Colorado |
| 18 | 106 | Mike Ulufale | DT | Brigham Young |
| 19 | 111 | Lee Vaughn | CB | Wyoming |
| 20 | 116 | David Sanders | DE | Arkansas |
| 21 | 119 | Joe Aska | RB | Central Oklahoma |
| 22 | 120 | Scott Richards | TE | East Carolina |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, April 17 | 8:00 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | L 16–28 | 0–1 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 14,624 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 17–13 | 1–1 | Amsterdam ArenA | 14,568 |
| 3 | Saturday, May 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | L 20–30 | 1–2 | Rheinstadion | 23,883 |
| 4 | Saturday, May 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 49–23 | 2–2 | Amsterdam ArenA | 10,210 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | L 19–22 | 2–3 | Jahn-Sportpark | 7,342 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | L 25–36 | 2–4 | Amsterdam ArenA | 14,056 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | L 17–28 | 2–5 | Amsterdam ArenA | 10,252 |
| 8 | Saturday, June 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 14–21 | 2–6 | Waldstadion | 35,981 |
| 9 | Sunday, June 13 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | W 29–20 | 3–6 | Hampden Park | 10,415 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 30–22 | 4–6 | Amsterdam ArenA | 12,358 |

## Standings

NFL Europe League :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Barcelona Dragons | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 263 | 246 | 4–1 | 3–2 | W1 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 239 | 223 | 3–2 | 3–2 | L1 |
| Rhein Fire | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 286 | 149 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W3 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 236 | 243 | 3–2 | 1–4 | W2 |
| Scottish Claymores | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 270 | 298 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L4 |
| Berlin Thunder | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 173 | 308 | 2–3 | 1–4 | L3 |

## Game summaries
### Week 1: at Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
| Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
* Date: Saturday, April 17
* Game time: 8:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 14,624

### Week 2: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 24
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 14,568

### Week 3: at Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Rhein | 14 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 1
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 23,883

### Week 4: vs Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 23 |
| Amsterdam | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 8
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 10,210

### Week 5: at Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Berlin | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
at Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 15
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 7,342

### Week 6: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 16 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 36 |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 22
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 14,056

### Week 7: vs Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Barcelona | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 29
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 10,252

### Week 8: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 5
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 35,981
* Referee: Kirk Dornan

### Week 9: at Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| Scotland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
* Date: Sunday, June 13
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 10,415

### Week 10: vs Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Scotland | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| Amsterdam | 6 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, June 19
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 12,358